Bruce Case Staff Writer For people that use plastic straws out of want rather than necessity, it’s easy to hear about the straw bans going around the country and not really care. However, for some people with certain disabilities and their advocates, this is a huge deal. It’s important to note that the justification for the popular straw ban is to keep plastic out of … Continue reading The Last (Single-Use) Straw?
Alicia Connelly Staff Writer The United States Grand Jury’s special councilman, Robert Mueller, has officially charged 12 Russian military intelligence officers with conducting a “large-scale cyber operations to interfere with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.” This indictment provides in-depth descriptions of the tactics used to perform the alleged Russian cyber attacks against a range of U.S. political targets. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein spoke on … Continue reading 12 Russian Military Intelligence Officers Charged For Meddling in the 2016 Elections
Andrew Salmon Sports Editor With a smile on his face, the boy crept up and innocuously bounced the basketball off the other boy’s back, huddled under the hoop. The victim spun around, grinning too, before he found the offender, dribbling around him in circles. He got down into a defensive stance, knees bent and arms outstretched, and thus began the first basketball game of the … Continue reading Having a Blast with Greensboro’s Summer Night Lights
Laura Ashley Powell Staff Writer John Schnatter, the founder of Papa John’s Pizza, has admitted to and apologized for using a racial slur and other insensitive language during a conference call in May. The conference call was meant to train Schnatter on how to act in racially sensitive situations in order to prevent a public relations crisis. Schnatter, in an email to Forbes, admitted to … Continue reading Papa John’s CEO Writes “Open Letter” Apology After Founder Uses Racial Slur
Quashon Avent Staff Writer Colorado is just one of many states currently struggling to curtail the opioid crisis. In their efforts to stop one drug epidemic, another one stands ready to take its place. Meth is back and is in full effect. Admissions to treatment facilities for meth usage has doubled and officials believe that opioids and cocaine are being used simultaneously with meth. Charges … Continue reading Cycles of Abuse: America’s Concurrent Drug Epidemic
Michelle Everette Staff Writer “A white person voices suspicions about an innocuous person of color. Police are summoned. And the encounter is posted on social media, sparking outrage about racial profiling.” This is the first sentence of a CNN article written on an incident that occurred at Yale University this past May, but there is no denying the disturbing fact that this could very well … Continue reading Racial Profiling: How Do We Stop the Madness?
Sarah Grace Goolden Opinions Editor In 2017, movie theater attendance in the U.S. and Canada dropped to the lowest since 1992, according to Box Office Mojo. Whether it was due to subpar films or impossibly expensive tickets and concessions, the business is struggling and MoviePass seemed like its knight in shining armor. However, many are calling what was supposed to be a cinematic savior too … Continue reading Is MoviePass the Cure for Our Dying Cinema Culture?
Luciano Gonzalez Staff Writer President Donald Trump met with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on July 11 as part of the agenda for the recent NATO Summit. The Summit took place in Brussels at the NATO headquarters. NATO Summits are periodic, as the last one that took place happened in May of last year, as opposed to more structured and … Continue reading President Trump Has Rocky Diplomatic Visit to Great Britain
Andrew Salmon Staff Writer On a foggy mountaintop in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains, a crowd of thousands gathered to watch a kilted handler and his two Collies, Luke and Lucy, herd a flock of sheep back into their pen. “Get down!” the handler hollered to his dogs over a microphone, and instantly, down his well-trained companions went. “Now go back!” Back they went, encircling … Continue reading Celebrating Heritage and History at the Highland Games
Tripp Hurd Staff Writer The world’s oldest golf tournament returned to the Carnoustie Golf Links this week for the playing of the 147th Open Championship in Angus, Scotland. Play began early Thursday morning with unusually mild conditions. In fact, it was actually kind of weird to see the sun shining at Carnoustie. This helped provide scores much lower than what spectators are accustomed to at … Continue reading The Open Returns To Carnoustie
